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This is a list of primate species by estimated global population. This list is not comprehensive as not all primates have had their numbers quantified.
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Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
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Hainan black crested gibbon | Nomascus hainanus | 20–50[1] | CR[1] | ![]() | Population was estimated at over 2,000 in the late 1950s.[1] | ![]() |
Eastern black crested gibbon | Nomascus nasutus | 45–47[2] | CR[2] | ![]() | Previously thought to be possibly extinct. Numbers may be higher.[2] | |
Cat Ba langur | Trachypithecus poliocephalus | 51–54[3] | CR[3] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Popa langur | Trachypithecus popa | 135–176[4] | CR[4] | ![]() |
Estimate for mature individuals.[4] | |
Raffles' banded langur | Presbytis femoralis | 200–250[5] | CR[5] | ![]() |
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Sarawak surili | Presbytis chrysomelas | 200–500[6] | CR[6] | ![]() | ||
Perrier's sifaka | Propithecus perrieri | 230[7] | CR[7] | ![]() | One of the 25 most endangered primates.[7] | ![]() |
Delacour's langur | Trachypithecus delacouri | 234–275[8] | CR[8] | ![]() |
The population of the species has radically decreased over the past decade.[8] | ![]() |
Silky sifaka | Propithecus candidus | 250[9] | CR[9] | ![]() | Estimate is believed to be a maximum.[9] | |
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus avunculus | 250[10] | CR[10] | ![]() | ||
Barbara Brown's titi | Callicebus barbarabrownae | 260[11] | CR[11] | ![]() | Minimum estimation.[11] | |
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus strykeri | 260–330[12] | CR[12] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Mentawai langur | Presbytis potenziani | 300–1,200[13] | CR[13] | ![]() | ||
Superagui lion tamarin | Leontopithecus caissara | 400[14] | CR[14] | ![]() | Maximum estimate.[14] | ![]() |
Blond capuchin | Cebus flavius | 500 | EN|![]() | ![]() | ||
Greater bamboo lemur | Prolemur simus | 500[16] | CR | ![]() | ![]() | |
Kashmir gray langur | Semnopithecus ajax | 500[17] | EN[17] | ![]() | Maximum estimate; 250 mature.[17] | |
Coimbra Filho's titi | Callicebus coimbrai | 500–1,000[18] | EN[18] | ![]() | ||
Gray-shanked douc | Pygathrix cinerea | 550–700[19] | CR[19] | ![]() | ||
Arunachal macaque | Macaca munzala | 569[20] | EN[20] | ![]() | While one source gives a minimum estimate of 569, another claims adult species number less than 250.[20] | |
White-headed langur | Trachypithecus leucocephalus | 600[21] | CR[21] | ![]() |
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Gray snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus brelichi | 750[22] | EN[22] | ![]() | ||
Northern muriqui | Brachyteles hypoxanthus | 855[23] | CR[23] | ![]() | Minimum estimate.[23] | ![]() |
Black lion tamarin | Leontopithecus chrysopygus | 1,000[24] | EN[24] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Tana River mangabey | Cercocebus galeritus | 1,000–1,200[25] | EN[25] | ![]() | ||
Kipunji | Rungwecebus kipunji | 1,117[26] | EN[26]|![]() | ![]() | ||
Sanje mangabey | Cercocebus sanjei | 1,300[27] | EN[27] | ![]() | Estimate is likely a maximum.[27] | ![]() |
Southern muriqui | Brachyteles arachnoides | 1,300[28] | EN[28] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Black crested gibbon | Nomascus concolor | 1,300–2,000[29] | CR[29] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Siau Island tarsier | Tarsius tumpara | 1,358–12,470[30] | CR[30] | ![]() | Amongst the world's top 25 most endangered primates.[30] | |
Golden bamboo lemur | Hapalemur aureus | 1,479[31] | CR[31] | ![]() | [31] | ![]() |
Red slender loris | Loris tardigradus | 1,500[32] | EN[32] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Sangihe tarsier | Tarsius sangirensis | 1,505–2,795[33] | EN[33] | ![]() | Population estimates are considered inconclusive.[33] | |
Zanzibar red colobus | Procolobus kirkii | 2,000[34] | EN[34] | ![]() | Maximum estimate.[34] | ![]() |
Black snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus bieti | 2,000[35] | EN[35] | ![]() | Maximum estimate; less than 1,000 mature organisms.[35] | ![]() |
François' langur | Trachypithecus francoisi | 2,000–2,100[36] | EN[36] | ![]() |
Estimate for mature individuals.[36] | ![]() |
Pagai Island macaque | Macaca pagensis | 2,100–3,700[37] | CR[37] | ![]() | Numbered 15,000 in 1980.[37] | |
Indochinese gray langur | Trachypithecus crepusculus | 2,400–2,500[38] | EN[38] | ![]() |
Estimate for mature individuals.[38] | ![]() |
Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur | Hapalemur alaotrensis | 2,500[39] | CR[39] | ![]() | Estimates were for 2002 and showed a decline of over 50% in under ten years.[39] | |
Moor macaque | Macaca maura | 3,000–5,000[40] | EN[40] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Golden lion tamarin | Leontopithecus rosalia | 3,200[41] | EN[41] | ![]() | Minimum estimate; wild only.[41] In addition to these, there are about 490 golden lion tamarins in 150 zoos around the world.[42] | ![]() |
Lion-tailed macaque | Macaca silenus | 4,000[43] | EN[43] | ![]() | Estimate is a maximum.[43] | ![]() |
Silvery gibbon | Hylobates moloch | 4,000–4,500[44] | EN[44] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Javan surili | Presbytis comata | 5,000–12,000[45] | VU[45]|![]() | ![]() | ||
Javan fuscous leaf monkey | Presbytis fredericae | 5,000–17,000[46] | VU[46] | ![]() |
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Gee's golden langur | Trachypithecus geei | 6,000–6,500[47] | EN[47] | ![]() | Estimate is for mature individuals.[47] | ![]() |
Eastern gorilla | Gorilla beringei | 5,880[33] | CR[33] | ![]() | Approximately 5,000 eastern lowland gorillas (G. b. graueri)[33] and 880 mountain gorillas (G. b. beringei).[48] | ![]() |
Cotton-top tamarin | Saguinus oedipus | 6,000[49] | CR[49] | ![]() | Estimate for mature organisms is 2,000.[49] | ![]() |
Golden-crowned sifaka | Propithecus tattersalli | 6,000–10,000[50] | CR[50] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Golden-headed lion tamarin | Leontopithecus chrysomelas | 6,000–15,000[51] | EN[51] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Muna-buton macaque | Macaca brunnescens | 6,221–18,435[52] | VU[52] |![]() |
Estimate is from 2007.[52] | ||
Pig-tailed langur | Simias concolor | 6,700–17,300[53] | EN[53] | ![]() | Down from an estimated 26,000 in 1980.[53] | |
Gray-headed lemur | Eulemur cinereiceps | 7,265[54] | CR[54] | ![]() | Maximum population estimate is 7,265±2,268.[54] | |
Sumatran orangutan | Pongo abelii | 7,300[55] | CR[55] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Madame Berthe's mouse lemur | Microcebus berthae | 8,000[56] | EN[56] | ![]() | Estimate is a maximum.[56] | |
Natuna Island surili | Presbytis natunae | 10,000[57] | VU[57] | ![]() | ||
Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset | Callibella humilis | 10,000[58] | VU[58] | ![]() | ||
Siberut langur | Presbytis siberu | 11,014–27,439[59] | EN[59] | ![]() |
Population is for Siberut National Park.[59] | ![]() |
Barbary macaque | Macaca sylvanus | 15,000[60] | EN[60] | ![]() | Population may be underestimated.[60] | ![]() |
Udzungwa red colobus | Procolobus gordonorum | 15,400[61] | EN[61] | ![]() | Population may be overestimated.[61] | |
Northern giant mouse lemur | Mirza zaza | 16,500–17,500[62] | VU[62] | ![]() | ||
Siberut macaque | Macaca siberu | 17,000–30,000[63] | VU[63] | ![]() | Numbered 39,000 in 1980.[63] | |
Capped langur | Trachypithecus pileatus | 18,600[64] | VU[64] | ![]() |
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Nilgiri langur | Trachypithecus johnii | 20,000[65] | VU[65] | ![]() | Maximum estimate; mature individuals number less than 10,000.[65] | |
Red-eared guenon | Cercopithecus erythrotis | 20,000[66] | VU[66] | ![]() | Minimum estimate.[66] | |
Kloss's gibbon | Hylobates klossii | 20,000–25,000[67] | EN[67] | ![]() | ||
Bonobo | Pan paniscus | 29,500–50,000[68] | EN[68] | ![]() | Population may be underestimated.[68] | ![]() |
Bornean orangutan | Pongo pygmaeus | 47,000–73,000[69] | CR[69] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Heck's macaque | Macaca hecki | 100,000[70] | VU[70] | ![]() |
Little is known about its populations. Estimate is for mature individuals only.[70] | |
Japanese macaque | Macaca fuscata | 114,431[71] | LC | ![]() | ![]() | |
Tonkean macaque | Macaca tonkeana | 150,000[73] | VU[73] | ![]() |
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Western gorilla | Gorilla gorilla | 150,000–250,000[74] | CR[74] | ![]() | Figures are considered an overestimation.[74] | ![]() |
Chimpanzee | Pan troglodytes | 172,700–299,700[75] | EN[75] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Booted macaque | Macaca ochreata | 180,000[76] | VU[76] | ![]() |
Estimate is from 2001.[76] | ![]() |
Gelada | Theropithecus gelada | 200,000[77] | LC[77] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Müller's Bornean gibbon | Hylobates muelleri | 250,000–375,000[78] | EN[78] | ![]() | ![]() | |
Crab-eating macaque | Macaca fascicularis | 3,000,000[79] | EN[79] | ![]() | Latest full estimation was made at the start of the 2000s.[79] | ![]() |
Senegal bushbaby | Galago senegalensis | 107,000,000[80] | LC[81] | Rough estimate based on population density and range. | ||
Human | Homo sapiens | 8,009,000,000[82] | LC[83] | ![]() |
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